A small town at the foot of Yandang Mountain. The reason why this town is small is that there is only one street running north and south through the center of the town. It only takes a cup of tea to walk from the street to the end.

At this time, a person walked up the street on the south side. This person was about 27 or 28 years old. His appearance was not very outstanding, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he was not ugly. This kind of person, walking in the crowd, was

He is an extremely ordinary person who will not attract anyone's attention. He is a little taller and wears a black gown, but he seems a little too narrow.

Such a person would not have attracted the attention of pedestrians on the street at all, but everyone on the street was staring at him, or to be precise, staring at his shoulder, because on his left shoulder,

There was a flaming red bird squatting there. This bird was something no one in the town had ever seen before. It was about the size of a long-tailed magpie, its whole body was red, without any mottled color, and it reflected a dazzling luster in the sunlight.

. Its beak was nearly an inch long, and like its claws, it was white, as shiny and flowing as white jade. At this time, the red bird actually fell asleep on the young man's shoulder. "Look! How handsome he is.

What a bird!" someone praised.

"Yes, yes, I have gone hunting in the mountains countless times, but I have never seen such a beautiful bird." Another thick voice said.

"How much do you think this bird is worth?"

"I didn't know. You might as well go up and ask that young man."

Pedestrians were talking about the red bird, and the young man seemed to twitch the corner of his mouth, as if he was smiling. He said softly, as if talking to himself or to someone else: "Xiaoyu, they want to bid

I want to buy you. Hey, how can I be willing to sell you?" It turned out that he was talking to the red bird on his shoulder. It also has a name, Akabane. However, can it understand human speech?

But I saw the red bird called Akabane suddenly opened its eyes. Its eyes were light yellow. It glanced at the pedestrians, then at the young man, and croaked, as if in response to what the young man said.

Are you saying, "How dare you sell me?" Then he closed his eyes again.

The young man walked for a while and saw a restaurant in front of him, which was also the only restaurant in the town. He stopped and said softly: "I haven't tasted wine for a long time, and I have even forgotten the taste of the dishes. Alas, three

"Year, it's been more than three years..." Akabane didn't react at all. "Xiaoyu, how about I take you to taste the wine today?" After saying that, without asking Akabane to answer, he walked into the restaurant.

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The restaurant is actually not very big. There are only six tables inside, but it is still quite clean. When the young man entered, three tables were already occupied by people eating. There were three young men sitting around one table, and they had nothing to do with it.

He was drinking wine with scruples and talking some foul language. At one table sat a girl, in her late twenties, wearing a red dress. She glanced at the three young men with bored eyes from time to time. At another table sat a girl dressed as a scribe.

, a man of about thirty years old, he poured himself a drink with an expressionless face, but his turbid eyes quietly turned to the girl in red. The girl in red pretended not to know, but secretly showed a contemptuous smile. Don't you know,

When the scribe saw the girl in red lowering her head to eat the food, her eyes changed from the previous turbidity, and a sharp look flashed away.

When the only waiter in the restaurant saw a customer coming in, he hurriedly greeted him and said: "Hey! Sir, you are here. Please sit inside!" He made a gesture of invitation, then looked up and saw the young man on his shoulder.

The red bird's eyes lit up and it shouted: "Hey! What a handsome bird!" When the waiter called out, everyone inside raised their heads to look at the red bird on the young man's shoulder.

When the girl in red saw the red bird, joy appeared on her face. She thought she liked it very much. She was about to get up and go closer to see the red bird. But she glanced at the scribe quietly and retracted her body.

The scribe also glanced at the red bird, but did not show any expression, as if he was not surprised.

When the three young masters saw Red Bird, their eyes lit up, and then the three of them gathered together, muttering something unknown.

The waiter took the young man to sit down at the table by the window inside, and then asked: "I wonder what dishes your guest would like?" The young man pondered for a while, as if he was recalling something, and then said: "Then...

Give me a Suzhou lion head, steamed sea bass, fried foie gras with sauce, braised duck feet..." The young man wanted to order, but immediately found that the waiter's face became a little ugly, as if he was embarrassed. Not only the waiter

, even the guests at the other three tables looked at the young man with strange eyes. The young man was puzzled and stopped ordering. He said to the waiter: "Just serve these dishes first." The waiter was a little embarrassed and whispered.

He said: "Sir, you have to know that our store is a small one. In addition, we are not like a big city. The dishes you ordered are not available in our store."

The young man suddenly realized it and asked, "What kind of dishes do you have in your store?" The waiter calmed down and said, "We have sweet and sour pork ribs, boiled beef, braised carp..."

The young man was a little disappointed. He had been living in the isolated mountains and old forests for three years, and all he had eaten were some Polygonatum walnuts, obtained from the red bird on his shoulder. As for the meat of birds, animals and fish,

The red bird was also captured by him, but because of the lack of condiments and the taste was just like chewing gum, it was not as delicious as the wild fruits of Polygonatum japonica. Therefore, he simply stopped eating meat and only ate vegetarian food.

Now that he was out in the mountains, he originally wanted to feast on the delicious food that had already been as light as water. Who knew that this mountain town was so simple, with only one restaurant and no dishes that he wanted to eat. The young man thought: "Forget it.

It's better than nothing. Just order something and have a good meal when you get to the big city later." So he stretched out his hand, interrupted the waiter, and said: "Just grab a few of the best ones in your store.

Let’s have some food. By the way, is there any wine?”

The waiter immediately replied: "Yes, yes, of course there is wine! How much wine does the guest want?"

The young man estimated that this restaurant would not have any good wine. It should be local wine brewed by people in the mountain town. Thinking of this, he said: "Just two kilograms, the strongest one."

The waiter said "Okay" and ran into the kitchen. After a while, he brought a pot of wine, a wine glass, a pair of bowls and chopsticks, and filled the wine glasses for the young man. Then, the waiter again

A plate of braised beef, a plate of ribs, and a pot of braised pork were served one after another. The young man drank water and wine, and ate the meat dishes with relish. Just as he was eating vigorously, the red bird on his shoulder called a few times——

The sound was clear and loud, very pleasant to the ear. But the young man heard the dissatisfaction in the red bird's call, and couldn't help but smile: "Xiaoyu, look at me, I just ate it myself and forgot about you." Then he raised his voice.

The waiter shouted: "Waiter! Give me a bowl and a cup! No chopsticks!" The waiter was a little puzzled: "No chopsticks?" But he still obeyed the guest's instructions and gave the young man a bowl and a cup.

Only cups.

The young man put the newly added bowl and cup on the opposite side, poured the wine and took the meat. He only heard the red bird calling happily, but without seeing it spread its wings, it landed opposite the young man. Red Bird

The bird first looked at the cup and bowl, as if smelling the smell, and then put its mouth into the wine glass. Maybe it was the first time for the red bird to drink. After taking a sip of the wine, it kept shaking its head.

He chirped a few times.

Seeing this, the young man laughed and said, "Xiaoyu, how does the wine taste? Compared with the spring dew in the mountains, which one tastes better?" The red bird looked old and solemn and croaked twice.

The young man laughed again and said: "When you drink a few times, you will feel that it tastes better than the morning dew from the mountain spring." After saying that, he picked up a glass of wine with his left hand and poured it into his throat. He picked up a piece of braised pork with his right hand and brought it in.

In the mouth.

Guests at the other three tables all noticed the Red Bird's extraordinary performance.

A drinking bird!

Among the three young men, there was one who was tall and thin and wore the most gorgeous clothes. Seeing how interesting the red bird was, he couldn't help but have the idea of ​​taking it for himself. So he got up and walked to the young man's table, constantly praising it.

He said: "Interesting, interesting, what an interesting bird!" Then he turned to the young man and asked: "I wonder if this brother can give up his love and sell this bird to me?"

The young man still drank and ate meat, without even raising his head, and replied coldly: "Not for sale."

The young man was a little angry, but he still suppressed his unhappiness and said: "As long as Brother sets a price, you can choose gold, silver and jewelry. No matter how much money you have, I think I can still satisfy Brother."

The young man put down his wine glass and chopsticks, looked up at the young man, and said word for word: "I said I won't sell it, I won't sell it. Even if you give me a gold mountain, I still won't sell it."

The young master was furious and hummed in his mind: "If I hadn't gone out, how could I be so humble? I would have bought it back by force a long time ago." So he said bitterly: "Humph! Isn't he just a flat-haired beast who knows how to drink?

Do you need to cherish it so much? Now you want to sell it to me, but I don’t want it anymore!”

When the young man heard this, he became furious and was about to strike, but saw a red shadow shoot towards the young man faster than he did. He then remained calm again.

The young man was about to turn around when he saw a red shadow shooting towards him. He was horrified and wanted to hide but couldn't. The red shadow passed over his head and he felt a sharp pain on his forehead.

, a stream of blood flowed straight down.

That red shadow is the young man's red bird, Xiaoyu. Although Xiaoyu is a bird, it has lived for nearly a thousand years, often eats treasures from heaven and earth, and thanks to the teachings of the old man Qiankun, it has already become a psychic. Otherwise,

How could it save a young man three years ago? Although it cannot speak human language, it can already listen. It is a bird that can communicate with young people. Not to mention it is the savior of young people.

, just because of its age, it is also the elder of the young man. Therefore, when the young man called it a "flat-haired beast", it was very angry, so it flew over and scratched the young man's forehead to teach him a lesson.

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The young man covered the wound with one hand, pointed at the young man with the other and said angrily: "You, you, you are a murderer! See how I deal with you!" His other two companions also stepped forward and stood in front of the young man.

On the side, he looked filled with indignation, as if he would rush forward to teach the young man a lesson as soon as the young man gave the order.

The young man was still as calm as water. He drank another glass of wine and stroked Xiaoyu, who had hurt someone and then flew back to him, and then said slowly: "Who told you to call my Xiaoyu a flat-haired beast? It hurts someone and flies back to him."

Injuring your forehead is just a lesson to you for being rude. Of course, if you are not afraid of Xiaoyu pecking your eyes out, you can just come forward and take care of me."

The young man was still frightened when he thought of the red bird scratching his forehead. Its speed was too amazing! Even against a martial arts master, its speed was definitely a nightmare! What's more, it only knew how to eat and drink.

What about the young master who was having fun? If the red bird pecked out their eyes, there was no way they would be spared. There was no point in staying any longer, so he gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Let's go!"

Then he took the lead and walked outside.

But the waiter got anxious and hurriedly chased after him and shouted: "Guests, you haven't paid the bill yet!" The young man threw a silver coin on the counter without looking back, and the three of them left in despair.

The middle-aged scribe was quite surprised by the scene of the red bird hurting people just now, and couldn't help but say "Huh". He was also shocked by the speed of the red bird. If the red bird came to him, he would definitely be in a hurry to deal with it.

But he quickly suppressed the shock in his eyes and lowered his head to drink.

On the contrary, when the girl in red saw it, she was not only surprised by the speed of the red bird, but also felt how cute it was. She could no longer sit still and walked to the young man's side in three steps at a time without asking any questions.

, sat directly on the other side of the red bird. Then he took a deep look at the red bird, and then said: "Brother! Your bird is so cute! Hehe, it can also teach people. This

Brother, can I touch it?"

The young man didn't pay much attention to the girl in red at first, but when she sat in front of him, he noticed the girl's appearance. A thin oval face, a pair of big round eyes, a small nose, and a thin

She has a cherry mouth. A girl who is still childish! She must like to laugh very much in normal times, but for some reason, she has to pretend to be an adult and look serious. When young people see this girl in red, they always feel

It looks familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen it before.

Of course, in life, when you see a stranger, you sometimes feel like you have seen him somewhere before. So the young man didn't care. He nodded to the girl in red's request. Xiaoyu saw that he agreed.

The boss was not happy. He screamed in protest and then simply closed his eyes.

When the girl in red saw her master nodding, she said "Yeah" happily, and then stretched out her hand to caress the red bird's body. She gently caressed the red bird from its head and neck to its tail. She looked very happy.

He was happy and said proactively: "This eldest brother, my name is Xiao Jie, I wonder what I should call him?"

When the young man heard the word "Xiao Jie", he was shocked. He hesitated for a moment and asked carefully: "I saw the girl wearing a sword. I wonder where she studied?"

After hearing the young man's question, Xiao Jie first glanced at the middle-aged scribe not far away. Seeing that the scribe did not pay attention to them, she then put her lips to the young man's ear and whispered: "Hehe, big brother,

I am a disciple of the Emei Sect. But please don't make it public. Hee hee!" After saying that, she sat back down and touched the red bird gently with her hand. Xiao Jie's whole heart was with the red bird and she didn't care at all.

Noticed the changing eyes of the young people.

There was surprise, shame, pity, excitement, and... fear in the young man's eyes.

Xiao Jie waited for a long time but didn't hear the young man's answer. She raised her head again and asked, "Brother, what's your name? You haven't told me yet."

"My name is Qin Mu..." The young man paused for a moment, then seemed to answer Xiao Jie, but also said to himself: "The Qin of Qin Shihuang, the shepherd of shepherds. My name is Qin Mu."

This young man is none other than Qin Muchu, the playboy who was rumored to be dead three years ago!

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